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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4134</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.131902</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>A Study to Compare the Effect of Electromyography Biofeedback Versus Mime Therapy on Clinical and Electrophysiological Parameters in Subjects with Bell__ampersandsignrsquo;s Palsy -__ampersandsignnbsp;A Comparative Interventional Study&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>P.</surname><given-names>Bhagat</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>A.</surname><given-names>Kakkad</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>11</day><month>10</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>9)</volume><issue/><fpage>33</fpage><lpage>38</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Background: Bell__ampersandsignrsquo;s palsy is the weakness of muscles supplied by the 7th cranial nerve i.e., the facial nerve. It is a lower motor neuron type of disease of the facial nerve. Objectives: To compare the effects of Electromyography Biofeedback (EMG BFB) and Mime Therapy on electrophysiological parameters in subjects with Bell__ampersandsignrsquo;s palsy. Method: A group of 31 subjects were selected for the study and randomly divided into two groups: Group A and Group B. There were 16 subjects in Group A and 15 subjects in Group B. Group A received EMG BFB (for Frontalis, Nasalis __ampersandsignamp; Mentalis muscle), and group B received Mime Therapy. Pre and post measurements are taken by using the Electromyography (EMG) test (Amplitude of Frontalis, Nasalis __ampersandsignamp; Mentalis muscles), Nerve Conduction Test (Latency __ampersandsignamp; Amplitude of the facial nerve)and, Sunny brook facial grading score. Results: Wilcoxon signed-rank test was done to see the difference within the group and the Mann-Whitney U test was used to see the difference between the groups. The p-value was set at p__ampersandsignlt;0.05. The result of Intragroup groups showed a significant difference between pre-and post-score for all outcome measures. The result of Intergroup showed no significant difference between Group A and Group B. Conclusion: Conventional physiotherapy with an EMG BFB and Mime therapy has a positive effect on electrophysiological parameters in subjects with Bell__ampersandsignrsquo;s palsy. However, both treatments EMG BFB and Mime therapy are equally effective in subjects with Bell__ampersandsignrsquo;s palsy&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Bell’s Palsy</kwd><kwd> Facial Muscle Weakness</kwd><kwd> Nerve Conduction Studies</kwd><kwd> Electromyography biofeedback</kwd><kwd> Mime therapy</kwd><kwd>  Sunnybrook facial grading score.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
